I was reminded of this concept of including everyone by an article I read in the Progressive magazine. It's a book review by Ruth Conliff. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have researched the effects of socio-economic equality on people's health, and have desecribed their work in a new title, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. I wrote a blog about that on OlyBlog here.
Here are a couple more photos, with peace, Berd
Include Everyone*
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of Israeli merchants
Irrational:
ReplyDeleteSupporting boycotts (exclusion) and holding a sign promoting inclusion.
You're such a confused young man Berd.
Include Palestinians.
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ReplyDeleteInclude Everyone*
With the exception of Israeli merchants
Irrational:
Supporting boycotts (exclusion) and holding a sign promoting inclusion.
You're such a confused young man Berd.
Dear Anonymous:
Include Palestinians.
Yours truly,
Berd
I totally 100% agree! Include Palestinians. Include Israeli merchants. Include everyone.
ReplyDeleteYou're the only one promoting exclusion, you see? Do you see that Berd?
Correct: Include Palestinians.
Correct: Include Israelis.
Correct: Include Everyone.
Incorrect: Boycott Israelis, Cubans, Iranians.
Do you see, Berd?
Thanks for planting more seeds of negativity...just what the world needed.
Peace is possible when ALL sides stop active and --your favorite--passive aggression. Please stop harming people. Thanks
The boycott of products from Israel is due to the unjust treatment of Palestinians.
ReplyDeleteYour statements are false. Because I am not promoting exclusion.
I am promoting inclusion—inclusion of everyone, which includes Palestinians, whom are currently excluded by the Israeli government, and many citizens of Israel.
Boycott: Passive-aggressive collective punishment that by definition excludes
ReplyDeleteyeah, boycott is exclusionary. but so is Israeli society... nothing new there.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that boycott is actually an assertive and nonviolent effort toward noncooperation with destructive policies and behaviors of Israeli society.
boycott is a nonviolent response to the primary exclusion of and violence toward Palestinians, as committed by israeli society
ReplyDeleteEasy one here: Are you boycotting Arab Israelis?
ReplyDeleteHave a good day!
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